Your World Series Drinking Game, 2011 Beer-Geek Edition

Forget peanuts and Cracker Jack. Beer is the official baseball concession. Fans at the game scurry to get their fill of $9 swill before the mandated seventh-inning alcohol cutoff, while starters like Boston's Jon Lester are chilling in the clubhouse with fried chicken and a "ninth-inning rally beer."

Starting right about now, the rest of us can have a brew and watch the World Series at a bar or from the comfort of home. We can also root for our team based on what we're drinking. For Cardinals fans, that means a Bud or — better yet — a craft brew from one of St. Louis's up-and-coming breweries or established brewpubs. In Texas, rally away with a Lone Star Beer. But a true ranger would reach for something with a little more flavor. Rahr & Sons Brewing Co. is leading the way in Dallas-Fort Worth, and several new craft breweries are on the verge of opening their taps near Rangers Ballpark. Here's how we score the series, as seen through a beer mug. Which is to say as unscientifically as possible....

Evan S. Benn is the beer columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. His Hip Hops column, blog, and beer app can be found at stltoday.com/hiphops, and you can buy his new book here. You can also follow him on Twitter and Facebook.